Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Churches - Victoria |
Lake Auburn Moravian - New pastor in Laketown, Rev. H. B. Marx of Nazareth, Pa., installed as pastor of Laketown Moravian Church |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/1/1921 |
1 |
|
| Heid, George |
For sale form of 40 acres in section 22 Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/5/1922 |
5 |
6 |
| Luedtke, F.A. |
Heads Laketown Insurance |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/15/1922 |
3 |
3 |
| Businesses - Waconia |
F. A. Luedtke heads Laketown Insurance Co. |
Business & Industry: Insurance |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/15/1922 |
2 |
3 |
| Churches - Laketown |
Moravian - Mission Festival |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/24/1922 |
1 |
2 |
| Poppitz, Frank L. 1891-1924 |
Former prominent young farmer of Laketown dies at Waconia at the age of 33 |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/31/1924 |
12 |
|
| VanEyll, John |
Purchased Kuglo Farm in Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/27/1924 |
9 |
3 |
| Ciesieiski, Mike |
Auction postponed-will take place at the Carl Moldenhauer farm in Laketown. |
Human Relations: Family Life |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/11/1924 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Moravian |
Rally day in Laketown |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/8/1925 |
1 |
4 |
| Gerdsen, Albert & Emma |
Transferred to the board of trustees of the Laketown Moravian Church |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/15/1925 |
1 |
1 |
| Churches - Victoria |
Moravian - Lake Auburn news - Albert & Emma Gerdsen transferred to the board of trustees of the Laketown Moravian Church |
Religion: Denominations |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/15/1925 |
1 |
1 |
| Stacken, J. C. & P. H. |
Plat of Laketown Township Section 28 |
|
1927 Plat map |
4/9/1927 |
28 |
0 |
| Fink, Fred & Plocher, E.R. |
Plat of Laketown Township Section 14 |
|
1927 Plat Map |
4/10/1927 |
14 |
0 |
| Fink, Geo. |
Plat of Laketown Township Section 14 |
|
1927 Plat map |
4/10/1927 |
14 |
0 |
| Fink, Geo. |
Plat of Laketown Township Section 15 |
|
1927 Plat Map |
4/10/1927 |
15 |
0 |
| Fink, Fred |
Plat of Laketown Township. 39.02 acres. Section 12 |
|
1927 Plat Map. |
4/15/1927 |
12 |
0 |
| Fink, Emma |
Plat of Laketown Township. 54.93 acres. Section 12 |
|
1927 Plat Map. |
4/15/1927 |
12 |
0 |
| Fink, Christian |
Plat of Laketown Township. 97.40 acres. Section 10. |
|
1927 Plat Map. |
4/15/1927 |
10 |
0 |
| Fink, G. |
Plat of Laketown Township. 11 acres. Section 10 |
|
1927 Plat Map. |
4/15/1927 |
10 |
0 |
| Peterson, Andrew |
Peterson's early Laketown settlers |
|
Waconia Patriot |
1/17/1929 |
1 |
|
| Gerdsen, Henry A. (Rev) |
Obituary(Nartive of Laketown. Heading states Rev. Henry A. ( Obituary States Herman Augustus) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/26/1929 |
1 |
4 |
| Goetz, John |
1870-1930; Died; native of Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/23/1930 |
1 |
|
| Englehart, Woodrow Wilburt (1913-1930) |
Fine young lad, native of Laketown, passes at youthful age of 16. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/9/1930 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Wm. Aretz elected supervisor in Laketown |
Politics & Elections: Elections |
Waconia Patriot |
3/12/1931 |
1 |
|
| Poppler, Frederick John 1918-1931 |
Drowned Laketown lad was well thought of |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/30/1931 |
1 |
1 |
| Organizations - Alfalfadale Club |
Laketown poultry club has session at, Waconia |
- Clubs & Associations
- Animal Husbandry: Poultry |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/26/1933 |
1 |
6 |
| Maetzold, John 1863-1934 |
Buried in Hopkins, native of Laketown township, succumbs in Mpls. at age 71 |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/3/1934 |
1 |
|
| Buelow, Ferdinand and Sophia (nee: Zoerb) |
Golden Anniversary Celebrated by Laketown Couple |
Anniversaries |
Waconia Patriot |
1/17/1935 |
1 |
|
| County - Carver/Ditches |
Ditch matter is up, no pension action - Dahlgren - Laketown drainage project brings objections is continued |
Government: Public Works: Street Improvements |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/6/1936 |
1 |
6 |
| Poppler, John, Mrs. |
Native of Laketown interred at Frazee |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/30/1937 |
1 |
2 |
| Schmeig, John |
Native of Laketown passes into eternity |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/30/1937 |
8 |
1 |
| Wartman, Ed & Harold |
Laketown Barn Ruined by Fire |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/3/1938 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown |
Personal Property Tax List - 1938 |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/19/1939 |
6 |
3,4,5 |
| Mapping & Surveying |
Waconia, Laketown & Dahlgren Twps, County starts ditch survey |
Reference Sources: Surveys |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1940 |
1 |
3 |
| Mapping & Surveying |
Drainage ditch is approved for Laketown, Waconia & Dahlgren Twps |
Environment & Ecology: Wetlands: Drainage |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/6/1940 |
1 |
6 |
| Taxes |
Personal property list for 1940 - Laketown Township |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/23/1941 |
7 |
|
| Freed, Swan |
Dies at 70, resident of Laketown, died at Watertown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/3/1941 |
7 |
|
| Bade, Otto A. |
Zoar Native Passes Away in Mill City. O.A. Bade son of Early Day Laketown Citizens |
Reference Sources: Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/24/1941 |
1 |
|
| Ditches |
Contract for new ditch is let by county board - Drainage ditch running through land in Waconia, Laketown, Benton & Dahlgren townships |
Government: Public Works: Street Improvements |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/14/1941 |
1 |
|
| Ehrenberg, Herman |
Laketown native called |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/9/1941 |
4 |
|
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